code
noun
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message.
had coded
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past perfectof code.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Since the 1990s, most cars have had coded keys containing an electronic microchip which is paired with an engine immobiliser.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
Novik had coded archives and run events both online and offline.
From The Verge ● Aug. 15, 2022
So yeah, I had a website that I had coded with bold and italics and even a photograph in it.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2017
Within a few weeks, Nelson and another professor, Carnegie Mellon’s Jeff Galak, had coded up an online version of Bem’s word-recall study, the one in which people practiced for a test after having taken it.
From Slate ● May 17, 2017
Halliday had coded the planet himself, and he’d named it after Gary Gygax, one of the creators of Dungeons & Dragons and the author of the original Tomb of Horrors module.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
